All homes in Buena Vista Township over the next couple of days will be receiving a 96-gallon rolling recycling container to mix all of your recyclables together in one container. Delivery of the new containers is expected to be completed by the end of the week (May 13th) and will be handled through the ACUA.
Containers will have a microchip imbedded in them to track their location if stolen. The containers are being purchased by Buena Vista Township and are property of the Township.
The goal is to increase recycling participation to a new level which will help to reduce our trash collection costs. Trash costs more to get rid of than recyclables.
The Township purchased the recycling containers on a 5-year plan through the ACUA to be able to provide every home a container at the same time. The ACUA has a list of homes that have already purchased the ACUA blue 96-gallon recycling container from them.
Those homes will receive a 96-gallon ACUA rolling trash container in place of the recycling container. No other substitutions or exceptions will be made. The containers cost the Township $48.62 each instead of the normal $65.00 each.
Those residents who have already purchased this container through the ACUA will be given a new 96-gallon ACUA trash container instead of a recycling container. This way, every home gets a new container from Buena Vista Township and the ACUA. (Recycling containers purchased elsewhere do not count and cannot be substituted.)
Any older blue recycling containers can also still be used along with the new 96-gallon container. Remember, “Single Stream” recycling allows everything to be mixed together in one container that will be sorted later by the ACUA at their facility in Egg Harbor Township.